Abstract “Varieties of Capitalism”(VoC) approaches the question of business and state
relations from a different angle, which allows for a combination of empirical range and …

New Zealand's wine industry has enjoyed a period of rapid growth since the mid-1980s. This
period of growth coincides with the period of trade liberalisation and other neo-liberal …

Dramatic changes in the 1860–1970 wine trade provide insights on the political economy of
regulations and policy instrument choice and trade. An invasion of Phylloxera in the 1870s …

Once upon a time, classical liberals were wary of monopoly as inherently inimical to
democracy because in their view it undermined a necessary condition for democratic politics …

The article reviews the “Varieties of Capitalism”(VoC) approach and its large impact on the
field of comparative political economy. It situates the approach within the field, and stresses …

Conceived as considerably broader than simply the Varieties of Capitalism framework, I
argue that the varieties of capitalism literature is premised upon an institutional reductionism …

As a rapidly evolving sector the international wine industry represents an interesting subject
for analysis. Over the past two centuries the industry has experienced a number of major …

The importance of the themes raised by the'varieties of capitalism'literature is apparent in the
range of commentaries it has inspired, represented here by the diverse essays of Robert …

Wolfgang Streeck is a leading figure in comparative political economy and institutional
theory. In this book he addresses some of the key issues in this field: the role of history in …

As Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, emphasises, the
European Union (EU) is witnessing a transformation of its regulation of corporate …